Sweet potato leaves are rich in mucin, but also contains a flavonoid compound, can help the body against free radicals, enhance the antioxidant capacity, enhance immune function, improve the body's ability to resist disease.

2, maintain vision health

Sweet potato leaves in the carotenoid content is very high, three times higher than ordinary carrots. Carotenoids are a good source of vitamin A, which can help the eyes synthesize the light-sensitive substance retinal in the visual cells, improve night blindness and vision loss due to vitamin A deficiency, and maintain vision health.

There is no harm in consuming sweet potato leaves, but it should be noted that they should not be consumed together with persimmons, eggs and crabs, or they will be harmful to the human body.

1, because the groundnut leaves contain purine, so gout patients should be prohibited; gastrointestinal dyspepsia and suffer from kidney disease patients should not eat too much groundnut leaves.

2, groundnut leaves and persimmons with too much food, will lead to the body's gastric acid secretion increased, and groundnut leaves and persimmons fruit acid will be precipitation, cohesion and the formation of hard lumps. Serious people will have gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding and other symptoms.

3, a large amount of cholesterol and protein in the egg will react with some of the tannin in the groundnut leaves, which can cause abdominal pain when eaten together.

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Nutritional composition of sweet potato leaves:

Sweet potato leaves have a special flavor and rich in nutrients, is a variety of vegetables can not be compared. Comparable, vitamin C, B2, carotenoids and alpha-tocopherol content is quite abundant, is a good supply of minerals needed by the human body source. According to the analysis, sweet potato leaves containing carotene, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and essential amino acids, and oxalic acid content is very little.